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Post by Xenorama ™ on Oct 31, 2007 18:10:56 GMT -8
poor Chuck, all he got was rocks. Poor Linus, his faith was not rewarded that night! the Great Pumpkin is such a great little movie, there's no way to improve upon it. it always worked in making us want Zingers.
think kids will ever know this is how Hallowe'en used to be? parties and running around with kids at night?
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Post by RoadWarriorYajuta on Oct 31, 2007 20:05:25 GMT -8
Man it used to be magical to watch this at Halloween time. What is sad to me is that kids today have gotten spoiled and do not realize how magical Saturday Mornings were. Or how magical seeing things like this were. How once a year the family would crowd around the TV to watch The Wizard of Oz. How you knew it was Christmas when you visited the Island of Misfit Toys with Rudolph. You knew it was getting close to trick or treat time when you saw poor Linus waiting for the Great Pumpkin. Damn I am getting old.  |
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Post by Shonokin on Nov 2, 2007 7:43:30 GMT -8
Apparently Shultz had a really crummy life and it is reflected in Peanuts. Growing up with it, I never really thought of it this way, but my wife being from a different culture had never seen the strip or toons. Sort of watching/reading it through her eyes I got a lot more of a sense of the morose and depressing side of Peanuts. On the bright side, we live right in the middle of Shultz-land (Sonoma County, CA). Santa Rosa to the north of us has the Shultz skating arena and museum. My wife goes skating there a lot. Also there are statues of Peanuts characters all over the place.  |
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Nov 2, 2007 16:59:42 GMT -8
he definitely had some issues he expressed through poor ol' Chuck. however, as the strip got along, especially in the last few years, Chuck started getting some wins in life. so you could tell he was feeling better.
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Post by Lunkhead on Nov 3, 2007 7:02:05 GMT -8
I love the Peanuts cartoons, especially the original holiday specials. My son got me the DVD of A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS last year and I bought IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN CHARLIE BROWN last month. I'd had them taped from TV for years, but it's nice to have the DVDs now. I also like the Thanksgiving one and will probably get that soon too. I made this little gif from the PUMPKIN DVD...  Feel free to spread it all over the world wide web if you like. |
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